Quite excellent documentary coverage here...not just the process involved in creating another merely adequate image, but an instructive look at the work and persistent negotiation it takes to produce a highly original image. Of course, this is Leibovitz's forte. I love her starting point in the process, which is the concept of putting the Queen on horseback in her bedroom. (THAT would have made the cover of Vanity Fair for sure!)
Thanks! Glad I touched base. My family and I visited HRH's London bungalow in 2001, just before the world changed. I keep having this stray thought that having professional purebred celebrities like the Queen might actually be preferable to our homegrown mongrels with their interminable rehabilitations and other meltdowns.
I reserve the right to not publish ignorant ill-informed and filthy comments from vile cretins who have a four letter vocabulary. Further, anonymous comments with strong opinions and personal attacks may be rejected. If you want to voice a strong opinion, at least have the courage to sign your name to it. You don't even have to use your name, make something up so the next person can address your comment without confusion.
You're alive! Hurrah!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back; I've missed your blog...
ReplyDeleteYeah, welcome back.
ReplyDeleteI didn't watch the video. I have an aversion to anything with Annie Leibovitz's name on it.
Mesmerizing subjects, Leibovitz and the Queen! Long live Xavier!
ReplyDeleteQuite excellent documentary coverage here...not just the process involved in creating another merely adequate image, but an instructive look at the work and persistent negotiation it takes to produce a highly original image. Of course, this is Leibovitz's forte. I love her starting point in the process, which is the concept of putting the Queen on horseback in her bedroom. (THAT would have made the cover of Vanity Fair for sure!)
ReplyDeleteXav, you make fewer appearances than the queen!
ReplyDeleteGood to see you back, Xavier.
ReplyDeleteSalute from your neighbor to the West.
ReplyDeleteNeil
i hope this means you'll be posting on a regular basis soon!
ReplyDeleteWe still miss your posts! Hope you're doing OK.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Glad I touched base. My family and I visited HRH's London bungalow in 2001, just before the world changed. I keep having this stray thought that having professional purebred celebrities like the Queen might actually be preferable to our homegrown mongrels with their interminable rehabilitations and other meltdowns.
ReplyDeleteJust here looking up some info I remembered from the olden days. Hope things are going ok.
ReplyDeleteyeah, welcome back.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back.
ReplyDeleteHi Xavier.
ReplyDeleteI just stopped in to see proof of life.
Hope you and yours are well.
Gale
I'm here.......
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ReplyDelete(Xavier, you were one of my favorite reads back when)
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